Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-13

ing vel talked over, and the incident
that crowded too thick and fast durint
the season sre being raksd I'D and bel
70 the light. Remembering the Chi
nese Minister'S supper-Foom experi
ence, one hostess Who recently enter
tanned told the caterer 70 open lust :.
much champagne and then stop, an.
that he should provide for Just 90 man
sured the Washington sociaty appstit,
before, and protested that that Wouis
not be enough-that things would Civ
out before all were served. As Ii,
hostess was obdurzte. be quietly pre-
pared and kept IN reserve q sufhcieni
! quantity 70 meet the expected emer
geney. When Judges and Senators
called on the obliging caterer 70 brins
them more wine and more tsrrapfr
and salad, he slipped 10 the side Of the
hostess and told her that he had opened
as much champagne and set out q
much ~ she had ordered, bat that the
supper-rooEn was full Of prominent
people who were not served. / have
more dishes and more wine out in nv
wagons; shall bring them I'M"
" MOI" said the hostess; "not an
other drop and not another crumb.
They shan't guEzle and gorge in my
house"
And they did not. but went on to the
other parties Of the evening. and told
this conversation, which others had
overheard, 20 the amusement Of other
supper-rOoms. Peace to those who en-
terrain Washington crowds
KATE CHASE II NEW YORK.
Mrs. Kate Chase, Who Il at the Sc.
James. is here partly for the purpose
Of making arrangements for the publ
cation Of the biography Of her father.
the late Chief Justice. which she has
undertaken 10 write. In chatting about
the matter she said that she found the
proposed labor much greater than she
az first supposed. and the work likely
10 be voluminous. She has been ad-
vised tn bring out for the first volume
Governor Chass's connection with the
war a. most likely 10 be of public inter-
est In this period Of war "reminiscences
and histories. Concerning o report
that she win write . book Of personal
"reminiscences. covering the period Of
her life in Washington. Mrs. Chase
said that she bad not yet determined
upon that task, although strongly
urged 70 do so by manv friends. Mrs.
Chase's life in Washington is very
quiet. but Is nevertheless 30 full OF du-
ties with reference 70 the education
and career Of her children that she
finds il difficult to secure the time for
authorship. Her daughter Ethel. who
is with her in Washington, IS ambitious
20 adopt the stage as . profession. and
has been permitted to enter upon lire
Of studies that win At her for the life
Of an artist Miss Ethel is only six
teen years Of age. but is described as q
womanly and thoughtful girl Of her
are. who believes she can only fit her
self for the stage by hard labor as a
student She has undertaken Latin
and other languages with this idea In
view. She is already good French
scholar, owing TO her residence In
France. Her resolve 20 70 upon the
stage has been prompted BY desire to
help her mother, their income having
become much curtsiled. The other
daughters are still in school az Fon-
tainebleau. near Paris. They have all
dropped the name OF Sprague for that
Of Chase. their mother being known as
Mrs. Chase only,
MRS. GARFIELD AND HER DAUGHTER.
Mrs. Lucretia r. Garfield and her
daughter Mollie have gone back to their
old home at Mentor, after spending
nearly three menths In New York.
She came here TO be near her two sens
through the winter The bows have
been students at Columbia College, and
are now Law students with the firm OF
a fTlIar. 18TH
fine young men Of promise. Mrs.
Garfield, while i'm New York, went
much more into society than il was
thought she would when she came
here. She accepted invitations from
friends 10 dinners and receptions, and
entered upon quite round Of social
duties, mostly undertaken for the sake
Of Miss Mollie. but which her friends
think proved beneficial 10 Mrs. Gar
field. She is wholly devoted TO her
children.